The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-12-07
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes.
Broad wagon-tires are best at this season,
as they save labor and permit OF greater
speed in hauling.
Some writers advise sprinkling dry slak
ed lime among the potatoes when they are
put in the cellar. 1t may be good thing.
Fowls seldom tire of milk. They may
eat too much grain or meat for their
health, but milk in any form Is palatable
and healthy.
Put kerosene oil on the ploushs and
other implements as protection against
dsmpness and rust, before storing them
away for the winter.
Bran is one of the cheapest tonds used in
the rations of COWS, but it is more bene-
fetal when fed in connection with ground
grain and cut feed.
The Prairie Farmer thinks it doesn't
make any difference about the number of
chinch bugs whether corn land be
ploughed in fall or spring, as the great
mass of bugs leave the ground early in Au-
tumn,
Aged horses should have ground grain
at all times, or they will not thive, owing
TO their inability to masticste the whole
grains. Where horse is subj ect to hesyes
II is best to moisten all the chopped or
ground food.
There is no necessity for psmpering q
bull and allowing it to become vicious. 1t
can be made to work, IL desired, in pro.
vidiDg power for fodder cutters, grain
mills, etc. 1t is done In Europe, and is
practicable here.
TrampiDg upon the hay In the barn Of
ten causes horses to refuse il. To pass from
the barnyard into the barn and walk over
toe hay leaves odors which are quickly
recognized by the animals when such hay
is fed to them.
Mr.. w. W. Rawson, of Massachusetts,,
names as the four earliest and safest kinds
of wrinkled pease McLean's advancer, clip
per, American wonder and champion of
England. He considers Maud S. the best
early smooth pea,
The weighing OF the milk, testing of the
cows, and knowing to a dollar what one is
doing, is great help to the dairy farmer.
1t enables him to get rid of poor mixers
| and replace them with goood ones and the
latter cost no more to keep or handle than
the former.
1t pays to mulch the strawberry vines,
| although many consider it too laborious to
co so. After the vines have died down
there is nothing better than a covering of
| fine, well-rotted manure, which will not
only protect the plants, but show good eff
i leCtS on tue crop IN the spring.
/ If the ground be not frozen, there is no
better time than now for ploughing up the
garden spot. It is, of course, late for so
doing, but the cutwoTms will be destroyed
while the frost will pulyerizs the clods and
render the ground better adopted for the
reception of seed next season.
One good cow-one that gives large
| quantity of milk-is more economical
Than two that do not equal her. The care
| of one animal is less than is required Tor
two, while less space is also necessary.
Every item that enters into the cost OF
| keeping the COW increases the cost of the
| milk.
Kerosene is OF great help in the proper
care of poultry. Their nest boxes should
be oiled with it as a preventive of YER
min. A few drops occasionally in the
drinking water will hinder colds or Group,
and when applied to scaly legs it effects a
cure, while 1t is highly recommended as a
cnre for cholera. = - >---' 7T-s~
AZ ~ the opinion OF DR.. HOskIus Luas
there is really no true grain" to butter,
pure butter being homogeneous in its
texture. What Is called the grain is a
! granular appearance resulting from gen.
eral and equal distribution OF briny water,
separating the little peiletsl OF. Ibutter that
first appear in churning. * n
Inc silo, put..into use in the West says
DR.. Stewart, would save, at small cost,
all the millions Of tons of cornstalks now
left to waste, which would provide accepta-
bic and nutritious feeding tor the winter,
instead of being a source of disease and
loss of thousands of cattle that have little
or no other subsistence.
1t IS not safe to apply unleached wood
ashes around the base of very young trees.
Ashes give better results when spread
broadcast over the surface of the ground
around the trees. Cases are known in
which yodng peach trees have been injured
by IL e application of wood ashes thickly
a ound and close TO the trunks.
S. 9. NJ Oswego. H., gives the follow.
ing method of keeping rabbits from fruit
trees: Take human eXcrement from toe
vault and reduce it tn the consistency oil
paint. As soon as the rabbits commence
their work, sometimes the last of Novem
Der, apply the above to the trees with ar
old broom. One application is usually
sufficient as the smell ofsjt,iis extremely
distaSteful to the rabbIts.g EE 800
bees should De Kept IN some place OF al
: even temperature, not too warm, yet safe
from sudden changes, as the animal hea'
of the bodies may cause the hive to be
come uncomfortable, thereby inducing tht
bees to come out, which may be fatal.
| strong colony need not be as well shell
tered as a weaker one. Care should bt
| taken that the b. es are well supplied witt
honey or syrup sufficient to satlsf ~ then
until work shall begin.